Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
David Amram	Alfred the Hog	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:19
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Take Twenty	Love Serenade	02:10
Ellen McIlwaine	Ode to Billy Joe	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:13
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
David Amram	Little Momma	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:04
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Cal* Bostic	That's All	Introducing...	02:31
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Bohemian	I'm a Song	04:14
Joe* Glazer	Solidarity Forever	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:02
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	O Moon Do Not Shine	Ukrainian Pops	02:34
Buddy Knox	That's Why I Cry	ST (mono)	02:00
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	(There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World	Love Serenade	03:02
Ellen McIlwaine	Isn't That So	Ellen McIlwaine	03:55
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Honky Tonk Angel	02:22
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:32
Joe* Glazer	We Shall Not Be Moved	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:04
Ellen McIlwaine	We The People	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:23
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Time After Time	And I Love Her	03:12
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Halya Несе Галя Воду	Ukrainian Pops	01:56
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Kolomayka	Ukrainian Pops	02:45
Ellen McIlwaine	(I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You	Ellen McIlwaine	02:48
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Polissian Polka 'Mazury'	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:10
Ellen McIlwaine	Lover's Lane	Ellen McIlwaine	03:02
David Amram	Deep South Evening Light	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:22
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	I See Your Face Before Me	And I Love Her	02:15
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Street Girl	Love Serenade	03:17
Loni Gamble	Dance to it	ST	06:33
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Jakiv Came to Visit	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:03
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Young Fellow, My Lad	War War War	04:49
Aarons And Ackley*	Sleeping Gypsy	ST	03:56
Exponians	Yellow Bird	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:25
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Bukovynian Dance	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:02
Cal* Bostic	In Love Again (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:08
Cal* Bostic	Let It Be Me	Introducing...	02:44
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:18
Nelson* Riddle	Barkerville	British Columbia Suite	02:22
Ellen McIlwaine	I Don't Want to Play	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:20
Tony McManus	Chalaneru	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:23
Alpha Centauri	Hard Life	ST	06:00
Ellen McIlwaine	The Last Good Man in My Life	Ellen McIlwaine	03:25
Matt Lucas*	The Old Man	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	02:29
Ellen McIlwaine	Steal Him Away	Ellen McIlwaine	03:12
Jack Holland	Waco	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:39
Alpha Centauri	Make it at Rock 'n' Roll	ST	02:29
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Two Little Oaks On a Mountain	Ukrainian Pops	01:29
Jack Holland	I'll Pick Her Up	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:41
Yukon*	Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	05:28
Buddy Knox	Party Doll	ST	02:08
Alpha Centauri	Love Only You	ST	04:05
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Man From Athabaska	War War War	06:29
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Ill Wind	And I Love Her	01:51
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Amist the Black Eyes	05:25
Jack Holland	Roasalie	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:01
Zambonis*	Let's Go Whalers	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:30
Buddy Knox	I Ain't Sharin' Sharon	ST (mono)	02:01
Aarons And Ackley*	Oh What a Good Time	You And I	02:50
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	We the People	02:56
Matt Lucas*	Herpes Blues	Matt Gets Blue	06:30
Nelson* Riddle	Garibaldi Mountain	British Columbia Suite	05:13
Aarons And Ackley*	Truly	You And I	01:52
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Late Night Movies	I'm a Song	03:17
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	It Only Takes a Moment	And I Love Her	02:08
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Betrothed Girl	Ukrainian Pops	02:50
Ellen McIlwaine	Hang On to a Dream	Everybody Needs It	03:45
Joe* Glazer	We are Building a New Party	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:43
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Hard Hard Times	Shirley Lewis Show Band	01:31
Loni Gamble	Nightime Kind of Love	ST	06:53
Albert Jones*	That's the Way You Lost My Love	The Facts of Life	03:56
Albert Jones*	You Stole My Love	The Facts of Life	03:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Lazarus	Fear Itself	05:46
Matt Lucas*	The Nuthouse	Matt Gets Blue	02:30
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:41
Aarons And Ackley*	Take Me Home	ST	04:48
Jonathan Edwards	People Get Ready	Sailboat	03:02
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Honky Tonk Angel	05:06
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Honky Tonk Angel	03:39
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Just a Few Words	I'm a Song	03:10
Mike* Ferro	Bridges	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	04:51
Jonathan Edwards	Sailboat	Sailboat	03:08
Happy Dolls	Funky Stuff	Show Album No. 1	03:04
Nelson* Riddle	Valley of the Swans	British Columbia Suite	04:07
Loni Gamble	Circles	ST	06:08
Ellen McIlwaine	Come Sit Down and Tell Me	Everybody Needs It	02:44
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Wedding March	Ukrainian Pops	04:09
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Twins	War War War	01:54
Alpha Centauri	One Night at a Time	ST	03:41
David Amram	The Mountain Song	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:15
Aarons And Ackley*	Bonnie Blue	You And I	02:20
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:45
David Amram	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:38
Buddy Knox	Don't Make Me Cry	ST	02:20
Bluebird*	Country Boy Blues	Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost	02:40
Nelson* Riddle	The Okanagan	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Tommy Makem	Vancouver	Vancouver b/w Better Times	02:45
Nelson* Riddle	Peace River	British Columbia Suite	02:47

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

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